So unreasonable as to invite derision:
— A contribution so small as to be laughable.

synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous.

Roget 838: rejoicing etc. v.; jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink.    amused etc. 840; cheerful etc. 836.    laughable etc. (ludicrous) 853.    ... show more

Roget 853: ridiculous, ludicrous; comical; droll, funny, laughable, pour rire, grotesque, farcical, odd; whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear; fanciful, fantastic, queer, rum, quizzical, quaint, bizarre; screaming; eccentric etc. (unconformable) 83; strange, outlandish, out of the way, baroque, weird; awkward etc. (ugly) 846.    extravagant, outre, monstrous, preposterous, bombastic, inflated, stilted, burlesque, mock heroic.    drollish; seriocomic, tragicomic; gimcrack, contemptible etc. (unimportant) 643; doggerel; ironical etc. (derisive) 856; risible.    ... show more

Arousing or provoking laughter:
— It would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much.

synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, funny, mirthful, risible.

Roget 840: amusing, entertaining, diverting etc. v.; recreational, recreative, lusory^†; pleasant etc. (pleasing) 829; laughable etc. (ludicrous) 853; witty etc. 842; fun, festive, festal; jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish^†; playful, playful as a kitten; sportive, ludibrious^†.    funny; very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting.    amused etc. v.; pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw" [Pope]; laughing etc. v.; risible; ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter; convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles.    ... show more